Kurt Abraham
Vice President, Texas Alliance of Energy Producers
Air Date July 17, 2011
Kurt Abraham joined the Texas Alliance staff in July 2007 as Director of Professional Development.
Previously, he was Managing/International Editor for World Oil magazine at Gulf Publishing Co. (Houston), where he was responsible for daily oversight of editorial content. During more than 22 years at World Oil, he also headed the magazine’s statistical and forecasting efforts. His compilation of oil and gas reserve figures for countries around the world was re-published annually by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Abraham earned a B.A. in journalism and business administration from Texas A&M University in 1980. His journalistic background is extensive, having worked in all four major media—magazines, newspapers, radio and television. He has traveled extensively to most of the world’s major oil-producing regions, and also serves as an expert commentator on E&P geopolitics to several TV and radio stations in the U.S. and Canada.
He is a Past President (2006) and Regent of the Houston-based National Oil Equipment Manufacturers and Delegates Society (NOMADS) and is a member of the Supply & Demand Committee of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, and of the British-American Business Council.